The news about the natural reef environment can be so overly bleak, it’s nice to hear some progress coming out of Australia that bodes well for the future of the Great Barrier Reef. The Crown of Thorns starfish, Acanthaster placi,…
Coral pests
Marine leeches are a poorly known and rare group of macro ectoparasites
Parasites are a common occurrence in any hobby and we as pet owners deal with them on a regular basis. Parasites are nasty opportunistic organisms that latch onto animals (in our case, fish) and feed on their blood, tissue, fluids…
Friday Mega-Smorgasbord: Squid arms, robofish, shark feast, sea slugs, coral planting, living undersea, AEFW hit the high seas and gigantic clumps of whale poo
We have a great post lined up for this Friday with everything from amazing to just odd and something in between. We lead off this edition with a breaking story about deep sea squids that actually tear its arms free…